What's so great about GSB-88?

All seal coats are not the same!

During thermal expansion and contraction cycles GSB-88 expands and moves at the same rate as asphalt pavement because Gilsonite IS asphalt cement! GSB-88 retains EVERY vital component; polar compounds, maltenes and asphaltenes. While modern highly refined
"fractioned" binders may meet specifications, because vital components have been removed, they experience more rapid oxidation and degradation!

Preserving pavement flexibility with GSB-88 improves the performance of an asphalt pavement by extending the time of load carrying ability and places GSB-88 in the forefront as a performance treatment for all pavement types including streets, roadways, highways, airport runways, and all types of commercial pavements.

Gilsonite...the Million Year Solution!

Has anybody noticed our pavements aging faster than they used to?
Refineries find new ways every day to extract new chemicals from petroleum such as polymers, anti-oxidants, ultraviolet & infrared inhibitors and powerful epoxies. Economics 101 taught us that supply and demand drives cost, and the demand for these new super-refined components drives cost for asphalt cement up while we simultaneously witness lowered performance in the real world. Ouch! That is double indemnity! That explains in a nutshell what is happening, but where do we go from here in the real world?

UN-REFINED... because nothing else performs like Gilsonite!
What if we could turn the clock back a million years? We did sort of, our asphalt cement is
made by Mother Nature. It has never been cracked in a refinery, and it still has all the good stuff in it. Gilsonite ore is mined then turned back into a liquid preservation treatment that is tough and durable, a super binder that acts like the asphalt cement binders from years ago. When used to create GSB-88, it becomes a superior preservation alternative to sustain streets, roadways and highways, airports, and commercial pavements.

Asphalt is Green

Today more than ever, concern for the environment is on the rise. We can no longer be complacent about how we use or waste our resources. 

Preservation in essence, is caring about the future condition of the world we live in. The decisions we make today have consequences on our environment tomorrow. They are either positive or minimal in nature, or they are large and far reaching and very negative, and we have to live with it. The legacy we leave for our children and grand children will determine if we were good stewards of what we had been given. Preservation is the "long-term" philosophy that shows we recognize these important environmental issues.

Most of us are accustomed to doing certain things to help the cause. Striving to get good gas mileage is a good idea. It preserves our finite resources for future generations while reducing air pollution today. Recycling bottles, paper, metals and such is certainly a noble task. Resources are returned to useful service and the burden on replacement is minimized.

But, lets get real for a minute. There are still significant issues in the "save the earth" discussion that are many times larger than recycling bottles and cans. There is something imminently larger, massively more expensive and critical to our prosperity now and in the future. Our infrastructure!

Asphalt Preservation:

• reduces pollution and the demand for finite resources
• increases the sustainability of a significant national asset.
• is environmentally responsible
• is ultimately cost-effective

Being good stewards of what we have been given by preserving our interstate highways, city and county roads, airport runways, parking lots, and our transportation network is just the right thing to do for the sake of future generations!